Osho on Zen Tea Ceremony, In the tea house, the tea temple, nobody talks

Osho on Zen Tea Ceremony

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Question – Beloved Osho, How does the Man of Zen take his Tea? Osho – For the man of Zen everything is sacred — even taking a cup of tea. Whatever he does, he does as if he is in a holy space. There is a story about Moses. When he went on Mount Sinai [...]

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Osho on Zen Koans – A Koan is a puzzle

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Osho – Someone has asked a very beautiful question. Really, the question is a Zen koan. First it will be useful to understand what a Zen koan is. Only then can this question be discussed. Zen has a special method of meditation. They call it ‘koan’ or ‘ko-an’. A koan is a puzzle. But it [...]

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Osho on Ekido (Zen Master) – Only a Zen master beats his disciples

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Question – Beloved Osho, The Japanese Master Ekido was a severe teacher and his pupils feared him. One day, as one of his pupils was striking the time of day on the temple gong, he missed a beat because he was watching a beautiful girl who was passing the gates. Unknown to the pupil, Ekido [...]

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Osho on Zen Master Hotei, Japanese Master Hotei also called as Laughing Buddha

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Osho – In Japan, a great mystic, Hotei, is called the laughing Buddha. He is one of the most loved mystics in Japan, and he never uttered a single word. As he became enlightened, he started laughing, and whenever somebody would ask, Why are you laughing? he would laugh more. And he would move from [...]

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Osho on Zen Gardens – My people have to learn to live like a Zen garden

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Osho – I am taking away from you all that can create boredom in you. My whole effort is to give you again a natural life — wild, adventurous, dangerous; then boredom cannot exist. The new man will live dangerously. He will live like wild animals, not like tamed animals in a zoo. He will [...]

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Osho – Patanjali is for unhealthy people and Zen is for very natural people

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Question – For zen it is: “eat when you are hungry and drink when you are thirsty.” For Patanjali it is: “regularity — niyam.” How to reconcile spontaneity and regularity? Osho – There is no need to synthesize. If you are really spontaneous you will become regular. If you are really regular you will become [...]

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Osho – Why do Zen monks have to have been living near their masters for Years

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Question – Why do Zen monks have to have been living near their masters for ten, twenty, or even for forty years for the sudden enlightenment to happen? Osho – Because of their stupidities. You can be enlightened in a single minute; you can wait for forty years. It depends how gross you are. You [...]

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Osho on Zazen Meditation – Zazen is an extension of Zen around the clock

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Osho – Zen I have explained to you. It comes from the Sanskrit dhyan. Buddha never used Sanskrit as a part of his revolution. Sanskrit was the language of the learned, it has never been a language of the masses. Buddha broke away from tradition and started speaking in the language of the masses. It [...]

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Osho on Zen way of living – It is the only life-affirmative religion

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Osho – Zen believes in a life which you are not acquainted with, a love that you have not even dreamt of. It lives in a totally different dimension, a dimension where everything is a dance, a celebration. Zen is the only religion of life. Others are worshippers of the dead. Life contains millions of [...]

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Osho on Upanishads and Zen – Zen is an arduous path, a hard and long way

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Question – Beloved Osho, Are the Upanishads and Zen the same? Osho – They are not. The upanishad is a happening between the master and the disciple, Zen is the happening in the disciple himself. The master may help him, may create devices, show the path – but Zen is basically an individual experience. It [...]

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Osho on Truth and God – Buddha himself never believed in any god

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Osho – Bliss is equivalent to god. ‘God’ is a beautiful word but it has become ugly because of wrong associations. It has fallen into wrong company. The priests have exploited it so much that I appreciate very much Friedrich Nietzsche’s declaration that god is dead and man is free. In fact he is saying [...]

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Osho on Zen Tea Ceremony and Ikkyu – The way tea is served in a Zen monastery is sacred

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Question – Beloved Osho I love this little zen story, as it also has the flavor of your childhood stories. Ikkyu, the zen master, was very clever even as a boy. His teacher had a precious teacup, a rare antique. Ikkyu happened to break this cup and was greatly perplexed. Hearing the footsteps of his [...]

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Osho on Zen approach to Meditation – Meditation has to become something like your breathing

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Osho – Perhaps there is no other religion that has made your whole life, twenty-four hours a day, a meditative experience. Zen does not believe in meditating one hour in the morning, or one hour in the night. It does not make meditation a separate, particular act. It wants meditation to become a quality of [...]

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Osho Zen Quotes – Zen is a religion of beauty

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Osho Zen Quotes In Zen monasteries, the master moves around with a staff, and whenever he sees some disciple dozing, thinking, and with dreams floating on the face, he will immediately hit him hard on the head. It goes like a shock through the spine, and in a split second, thinking stops, and suddenly awareness [...]

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Osho Quotes on Zen – Zen has no idea of judgment

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Osho Zen Quotes Zen does not want anybody to be a believer. Either experience or just go home. Except experience, no belief is going to help. So those who have followed Zen masters were not followers, they were fellow travelers. They were rejoicing in the master’s enlightenment. They were drinking as much of his wisdom [...]

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